I have been fishing for a long time now and I always wanted to try fly fishing. The only thing is i dunno what type of set up to get. My price limit is nothing over 140. And i mainly fish for bass and panfish.

i got redington RSII combo for similar money. great initial set up and the 5w has very nice progressive action for easy learning. still a great rod after spending thousands on this obsession. lifetime warranty to boot. still a bunch of pre sage buy out stuff available and i suspect Sage manages redington with the price point consumer in mind. its a disease. prepare yourself. secure your finances and a private allowance account before jumping in.

Usualy before i buy something on the internet i try and locate some reviews on the product sence i cant see it in person. A few people mentioned about the plastic reel seat. so thats why i am wondering.

Redington and Cabelas are good places to start, though I'm always a bit anti-megahugestores so I wouldn't get the Cabelas rod even though there stuff is great quality. I highly recommend you look at a St Croix setup. Cortland also has some great entry level setups.

For panfish and bass, I'd get a 9 ft 6 wt rod. That will still make the panfish fun, but have enough backbone to cast larger bass flies.

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